1994 CHEVROLET BLAZER child seat

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Seats & Safety Belts
Section
Here you’ll find information about the seats in your vehicle and how to use
your safety belts properly
. You can also learn about some things you should
not do with safety belts .
Seats and Seat Controls ...................................... 1-2
Head Restraints
.......................................... 1-8
Safety Belts: They’re
for Everyone ............................. 1-8
Why Safety Belts Work
.................................. 1-10
Questions Many People Ask About Safety Belts ............... 1-13
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly ............................ 1-14
Adults
................................................... 1-14
Driver Position
......................................... 1-15
Lap-Shoulder Belt
.................................... 1-15
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy .......................... 1-21
Right Front Passenger Position
............................. 1-22
Center Passenger Position
................................. 1-22
LapBelt
............................................ 1-23
Rear Seat Passenger Positions
............................. 1-24
Children
... ; . t ............................................. 1-26
Smaller Children and Babies
.............................. 1-27
Child Restraints ........................................ 1-28
Larger Children
......................................... 1-38
Safety Belt Extender
....................................... 1-40
Checking Your Restraint Systems ............................. 1-41
Replacing Safety Belts After a Crash .......................... 1-41
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Why Safety Belts Work
When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as it goes.
For example, if the
bike is going 10 mph
(16 km/h), so is the
child.
When the bike hits the
block,
it stops. But the
child keeps going!
Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it’s
just
a seat on wheels.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Where to Put the Restraint
If you have a 60/40 split bench seat, you must use the right front passenger
seat.
Accident statistics show that children are safer if they
are restrained in the
rear rather than the front seat. We at General Motors therefore recommend
that you put your child restraint in the rear seat unless the child is an infant
and you’re the only adult in the vehicle.
In that case, you might want to
secure the restraint in the front seat where you can keep an eye on the baby.
Wherever you install it, be sure to secure the child restraint properly.
Keep in mind that an unsecured child restraint can move around in a
collision or sudden stop and injure people in the vehicle. Be sure to properly
secure any child restraint in your vehicle
- even when no child is in it.
Top Strap
If your child restraint
has a top strap, it
should be anchored.
If you need to have an anchor installed, you can ask your Vehicle dealer to
put it in for you. If you want to install an anchor yourself, your dealer can
tell you how to do it.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear Outside Position
- Four-Door Models
You’ll be using the lap-shoulder belt. See the earlier part about the top strap
if the child restraint has one.
1. Put the restraint on the seat. Follow the instructions for the child
restraint.
2. Secure the child in the child restraint as the instructions say.
3. Pick up the latch plate, and run the lap and shoulder portions of the
vehicle’s safety belt through or around the restraint. The child restraint
instructions will show
you how.
If the shoulder belt goes in front of the child’s face or neck, put it
behind the child restraint.
4. Buckle the belt.
Make sure the
release
button is
positioned
so you
would be able to
unbuckle the
safety belt
quickly
if you
ever had to.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear Outside Position
- Two-Door Models
You’ll be using the lap-shoulder belt. See the earlier part about the top strap
if the child restraint has one.
1. Put the restraint on the seat. Follow the instructions for the child
restraint.
2. Secure the child in the child restraint as the instructions say.
3. Pick up the latch plate, and run the lap and shoulder portions of the
vehicle’s safety belt through or around the restraint. The child restraint
instructions will show you how.
If the shoulder belt goes in front of the
child’s face or neck, put
it behind the child restraint.
4. Buckle the belt.
Make sure the
release button is
positioned
so you
would be able to
unbuckle the
safety belt
quickly if you
ever had to.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Securing a Child Restraint in a Center Rear Seat
Position (Four-Door Models)
Don’t use child restraints in the center position of a 60/40 bench seat.
When ybu Secure a child restraint in
a center seating position, you’ll be
using the lap belt. But don’t use the rear center seat, unless
the base of the
child restraint is small enough to let you reach the buckle and latch plate
easily.
See the earlier part about the top strap if the child restraint has one.
1. Make the belt as
long
as possible
by tilting the
latch plate and
pulling it along
the belt.
2. Put the restraint on the seat. Follow the instructions for the c
restraint.
3. Secure the child in the child restraint as the instructions say. ‘hill
cl
4. Run
the vehicle’s safety belt through or around the restraint. The child
restraint instructions will show you how.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 5. Buckle the belt.
Make sure the
release button
is
positioned so you
would be able to
unbuckle the
safety belt
quickly
if you
ever had to.
6. To tighten the belt, pull its free end while you push down on the child
7. Push and pull the child restraint in different directions to be sure it is
secure.
If the child restraint isn’t secure, turn the latch plate over and
buckle
it again. Then see if it is secure. If it isn’t, secure the restraint in
a different place in the vehicle and contact the child restraint maker for
their advice about how to attach the child restraint properly.
To remove the child restraint, just unbuckle the vehicle’s safety belt. It will
be ready to work for an adult or larger child passenger.
restraint.
60/40 Split-Bench Seat
Don’t
use a child restraint in this position. The restraint won’t work
properly.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Securing a Child Restraint in the
Right Front Seat Position
You’ll be using the lap-shoulder belt. See the earlier part about the top strap
if
the child restraint has one.
1. Put the restraint on the seat. Follow the instructions for the child
restraint.
2. Secure the child in the child restraint as the instructions say.
3. Pick up the latch plate, and run the lap and shoulder portions of the
vehicle’s safety belt through or around the restraint. The child restraint
instructions will show you
how.
If the shoulder belt goes in front of the child’s face or neck, put it
behind the child restraint.
4. Buckle the belt.
Make sure the
release button
is
positioned so you
would be able to
unbuckle the
safety belt
quickly
if you
ever had to.
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